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oscillation

noun

os·​cil·​la·​tion ˌä-sə-ˈlā-shən How to pronounce oscillation (audio)
1
: the action or state of oscillating
stays can be effectively used to prevent oscillations in new bridges D. B. Steinman
2
: variation, fluctuation
famines due to excessive storminess and violent oscillations of rain and drought, heat and cold Ellsworth Huntington
3
: a flow of electricity changing periodically from a maximum to a minimum
especially : a flow periodically changing direction
4
: a single swing (as of an oscillating body) from one extreme limit to the other
Each oscillation of the pendulum represents one second.
oscillational adjective

Example Sentences

the continued oscillation of the fan There has been oscillation between optimism and pessimism among voters.
Recent Examples on the Web That results in a regular oscillation that continues forever, a true type of perpetual motion. Tom Metcalfe, NBC News, 15 July 2022 The fans have three adjustable speeds, a 90-degree oscillation, and are currently 10 percent off. Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 6 July 2022 Traveling over a road with frequent bumps—a series of expansion gaps, for example—can result in a bit of vertical oscillation for the middle-row occupants. Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 6 July 2022 That includes your running power, stride length, ground contact time, and vertical oscillation. PCMAG, 12 July 2022 The fan is 42 inches tall, with a small footprint and relatively inconspicuous design, and features four fan speeds and optional oscillation. Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2022 This limit is essentially the atom’s actual oscillation. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 18 July 2022 Unbalanced arpeggios create a feeling of weight oscillation, vertigo. Liza Lentini, SPIN, 1 July 2022 An oscillation between the two sets of concerns captures not only our unstable moral and social-justice intuitions, which often depend on who’s the violator and who’s the violated, but also the real trade-offs between privacy and competing concerns. Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1658, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of oscillation was in 1658

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